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40Ar/39Ar and LA-ICP-MS U–Pb geochronology for the New England portion of the Early Cretaceous New England-Quebec igneous province: Implications for the postrift evolution of the eastern North American Margin

Jennifer R. Cooper Boemmels, Jean M. Crespi, Laura E. Webb and Julie C. Fosdick
American Journal of Science March 2021, 321 (3) 365-391; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/03.2021.03

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40Ar/39Ar and LA-ICP-MS U–Pb geochronology for the New England portion of the Early Cretaceous New England-Quebec igneous province: Implications for the postrift evolution of the eastern North American Margin
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